alarm clock

Despertador

→ 231A ⌚  watch → 1F550 🕐  clock face one oclock

Information

The alarm clock emoji is the twin‑bell tyrant of the nightstand—small, round, and somehow louder than your life choices. It shouts “time’s up” without saying a word, perfect for deadlines, wake‑up calls, and nudging someone who’s perpetually “five minutes away.” Drop it when you’re hyping a release time, reminding a friend not to miss their train, or serving a gentle-but-firm reality check: wake up, bestie. Emotionally, it carries a mix of urgency, dread, and adulting energy—the universal soundtrack of Monday morning.

Definition

Curse this device and the cock-blocking sounds that come out of it. I love Jesus but I hate mornings.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	248 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
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LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:alarm_clock:
Keywords

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Technical
Unicode Range	2300–23FF
Unicode Subcategory	User Interface Symbols

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Nature
Unicode Subcategory	User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations	ALARM CLOCK x (watch - 231A) x (clock face one oclock - 1F550) Temporary Notes: a general clock symbol Design Note: Make the glyph look like an alarm clock.
Symbol Information	U+23F0 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-02A

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#176 'Clock' 時計 U+E6BA SJIS-F95E JIS-7833
KDDI	#46 時計 U+E594 SJIS-F7B1 JIS-7833
Softbank	#239 #old45 目覚まし時計(１０時) 「目覚mashi時計(１０時)」 U+E02D SJIS-F96D

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	⏰
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	⏰
Decimal HTML Entity	⏰
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	⏰
Hex Code Point(s)	23f0
Formal Unicode Notation	U+23F0
Decimal Code Point(s)	9200
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE2 0x8F 0xB0
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	E2 8F B0
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	342 217 260
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0x23F0
UTF-16 Hex	23f0
UTF-16 Dec	9200
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x000023F0
UTF-32 Hex	23F0
UTF-32 Dec	9200
Python Src	u"\u23F0"
PHP Src	"\xe2\x8f\xb0"
C/C++/Java Src	"\u23F0"

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